Add a space in the abbreviation
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
Adjacent single capitals close up, as in “U.S.C.”, but a single capital does not close up against a longer abbreviation, which takes a space on both sides.1
- 1R. 6.1(a) Spacing; B6 Abbreviations, Numerals, and Symbols.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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